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Getty Images The Jets signed linebacker C.J. Mosley to a five-year, $85 million contract this offseason, only to lose him in Week One with a groin injury. This week, he should be back. Mosley says he is feeling better and will be on the field on Monday night against the Patriots. “I’m playing...

Getty Images The Patriots were clear with Demaryius Thomas when they cut him in August that the plan was to bring him back. And they did just that. But the veteran wide receiver said he was surprised when they traded him to the Jets eight days later, startled to realize that the most...

Getty Images Defensive lineman Michael Bennett was not spotted at Patriots practice on Tuesday and the reason for his absence came to light later in the day. Bennett has been suspended one game for conduct detrimental to the team. Nick Underhill of TheAthletic.com reports that Bennett aired...

Getty Images The Texans are signing offensive tackle Dan Skipper off the Patriots’ practice squad, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports. Houston needed an offensive lineman with Tytus Howard sidelined with a partially torn medial collateral ligament. At 6 foot 10, Skipper is among the tallest players...

Getty Images The Patriots needed to make room for tight ends Eric Tomlinson and Ben Watson, and quarterback Cody Kessler is one of those corresponding moves. The Patriots are cutting Kessler, according to multiple reports. He signed with the team on Sept. 25. Kessler, 26, entered the league...

Getty Images The Patriots don’t mess around with players who break the rules. They fire them. So why didn’t they fire Michael Bennett on Tuesday? The short answer is they still could. The longer answer is that they likely don’t want him to end up playing for the Ravens, Texans, or Chiefs —...

Getty Images The Patriots decided on Mike Nugent to replace the injured Stephen Gostkowski, but after two weeks, they’re already looking around. Via Albert Breer of SI.com, the Patriots worked out four kickers and a punter Tuesday. Those auditioning included kickers Nick Folk, Greg Joseph...

Getty Images As the world continues to wonder whether Rob Gronkowski will come back, the Patriots are adding another tight end to a room that misses him. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Patriots are signing former Giants and Jets tight end Eric Tomlinson. The Patriots have also...

Getty Images Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown is technically free to sign with another team. But with no team willing to sign him while the league continues to investigate civil allegations of sexual assault and rape, Brown is as a practical matter serving an unpaid suspension. And he’s...

Getty Images Patriots rookie wide receiver N'Keal Harry became eligible to return to practice this week and the Patriots didn’t waste any time getting him on the field. Harry is practicing with the team on Tuesday as they get back to work after a break following last Thursday’s win over the...

Getty Images Until Rob Gronkowski shows back up on a football field, it seems people will continue to ask him if he’s showing back up on a football field. And he’ll continue to answer, even if the answer changes from day to day. After saying last week he’d always keep the door open for a...

Getty Images Receiver Rashard Higgins still doesn’t understand why he didn’t play Sunday despite being active. “I just didn’t get in. I don’t know why. I was a little surprised,” Higgins said, via Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan. “I felt like I was ready for the San Francisco game [in Week Five]...

Getty Images It was reported last week that the Patriots would move fullback Jakob Johnson to injured reserve. The team did that Monday. Johnson injured his shoulder against the Giants. Johnson, 24, signed with New England as a free agent on April 8 as part of the NFL’s International Pathway...

Getty Images Ben Watson‘s absence from New England didn’t last long. Watson, the veteran tight end who was released by the Patriots last week, is planning to re-sign with the Patriots this week, Field Yates of ESPN reports. The Patriots ran a very limited offense on Thursday after injuries to...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield injured his hip on Sunday. For now, it doesn’t seem that the injury will keep him from practicing during the next 13 days before the team’s next game, at New England. “He is fine,” coach Freddie Kitchens told reporters on Monday regarding...

Getty Images While debuting in his new role as a studio analyst last Thursday night, former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski broached the subject of a return to the playing field. Gronkowski said he would have to be “feeling it big-time” in order to reverse course, but that he’ll always keep...

Getty Images At a time when some think the NBA is poised to take a piece out of the NFL, it’s as clear as ever that the NBA is many pieces away from getting close to the NFL. Through five weeks of regular-season action, the NFL is averaging 16.4 million viewers for its broadcasts. That’s a 6...

Getty Images Three days ago, receiver Antonio Brown made it clear he’d like to return to the Patriots. Reporting since then has confirmed that Brown is willing to re-sign with the Patriots. (Apparently with Brown, you can’t really trust what he says.) None of it matters, of course. Although...

Getty Images The Giants played well last night, despite the final score. But coach Pat Shurmur apparently wanted the final score to more accurately reveal how well they’d played. That’s the only way to understand Shurmur’s decision to punt on fourth and two from the New York 33 with 7:08 left...

Getty Images The term “retirement papers” (possibly as a figure of speech) emerged last night in connection with Rob Gronkowski. And it’s true that he hasn’t put in his “retirement papers.” It’s also true, as a league source with knowledge of the situation explained it to PFT, that the league...